Konza LTER Publications
The importance of timing of precipitation for grassland productivity. Plant Ecology. 2013;213:1085 -1089. doi:10.1007/s11258-013-0236-4.
. Importance of spatial and temporal dynamics in species regional abundance and distribution. Ecology. 1991;72:654 -664. doi:10.2307/2937205.
. Importance of photosynthetic pathways, management, and climate on plant production and soil carbon of semihumid temperate grasslands. Ecological Applications. 1994;4:344 -354. doi:10.2307/1941938.
. The importance of land-use legacies to ecology and conservation. BioScience. 2003;53:77 -88. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0077:TIOLUL]2.0.CO;2.
Impacts of seasonality and surface heterogeneity on water-use efficiency in mesic grasslands. Ecohydrology. 2014;7:1223 -1233. doi:10.1002/eco.1455.
. Impacts of riparian and non-riparian woody encroachment on tallgrass prairie ecohydrology. Ecosystems. 2023;26(2):290-301. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00756-7.
Impacts of plant diversity on arthropod communities and plant-herbivore network architecture. Ecosphere. 2017;8(10):e01983. doi:10.1002/ecs2.1983.
. Impacts of management legacies on litter decomposition in response to reduced precipitation in a tallgrass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology. 2009;42:79 -85. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.01.009.
. Impacts of ammonia volatilization from broadcast urea on winter wheat production. Agronomy Journal. 2020;112(51):3758 - 3772. doi:10.1002/agj2.v112.510.1002/agj2.20371.
. Impact of nitrogen application rate on switchgrass yield, production costs, and nitrous oxide emissions. Journal of Environmental Quality. 2018;47(2):228 - 237. doi:10.2134/jeq2017.06.0226.
. The impact of long-term regional air mass patterns on nutrient precipitation chemistry and nutrient deposition within a United States grassland ecosystem. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 2018;75(4):399-410. doi:10.1007/s10874-018-9384-1.
. Impact of Ischnodemus falcus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) on photosynthesis and production of Spartina pectinata wetlands. Environmental Entomology. 1996;25:1122 -1127. doi:10.1093/ee/25.5.1122.
. Impact of hydroclimatic fluctuations on the soil water balance. Water Resources Research. 2006;42:4606 -. doi:10.1029/2005WR004606.
. The immediate and prolonged effects of climate extremes on soil respiration in a mesic grassland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2016;121(4):1034 - 1044. doi:10.1002/2015JG003256.
. Identifying the water sources consumed by bison: implications for large mammalian grazers worldwide. Ecosphere. 2013;4:23 -. doi:10.1890/ES12-00359.1.
. Hyperspectral analysis of leaf pigments and nutritional elements in tallgrass prairie vegetation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2019;10. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00142.
. Hymenolepis ackerti n. sp. (Eucestoda: Hymenolepididae) infecting cricetid rodents from the central Great Plains of North America. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 2023;94:e944927. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.4927.
. Hydrologic influences on leaf decomposition in a channel and adjacent bank of a gallery forest stream. The American Midland Naturalist. 1988;120:11 -21. doi:10.2307/2425882.
. Hydrologic and riparian influences on the import and storage of coarse particulate organic matter in a prairie stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 1988;45:655 -665. doi:10.1139/f88-079.
. Hydrogeology of thin-bedded limestones: the Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research site, Northeastern Kansas. Journal of Hydrology. 1996;186:191 -228.
. Hybridization of Mountain Bluebird and Eastern Bluebird in Northeastern Kansas. Kansas Ornithological Society. 1998;49:21 -32. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268287117_Hybridization_o_Mountain_Bluebird_and_Eastern_Blubird_In_Northeastern_Kansas.
. Human-mediated selection on life-history traits of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology. 2011;39:255 -266. Available at: https://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/landbirds/pdfs/McNew_etal_2011_sab2.pdf.
. How low can you go? Widespread challenges in measuring low stream discharge and a path forward. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 2023;8(6):804-811. doi:10.1002/lol2.10356.
How long do population level field experiments need to be? Utilising data from the 40‐year‐old LTER network. . Ecology Letters. 2021;24(5):1103 - 1111. doi:10.1111/ele.v24.510.1111/ele.13710.
. How landscape heterogeneity governs stream water concentration-discharge behavior in carbonate terrains (Konza Prairie, USA). Chemical Geology. 2019;527(20):118989. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.12.002.
. How fox squirrels influence the invasion of prairies by nut-bearing trees. Journal of Mammalogy. 1986;67:326 -332. doi:10.2307/1380886 .
. How ecologists define drought, and why we should do better. Global Change Biology. 2019;25(10):3193 - 3200. doi:10.1111/gcb.14747.
How do extra nutrients affect the timing of flowering in prairies. Environmental Science Journal for Teens. 2017;(September, 2017). Available at: http://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/uploads/5/4/2/8/54289603/flowers_article.pdf.
How and why plant ionomes vary across North American grasslands and its implications for herbivore abundance. Ecology. 2021;102(10):e03459. doi:10.1002/ecy.3459.
. How and why grasshopper community maturation rates are slowing on a North American tall grass prairie. Biology Letters. 2022;18(1). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0510.
. House mice (Mus musculus) in natural and disturbed habitats in Kansas. Journal of Mammalogy. 1990;71:428 -432. doi:10.2307/1381956.
. Host-plant quality alters grass/forb consumption by a mixed-feeding insect herbivore, Melanoplus bivittauts (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Ecological Entomology. 2008;33:546 -554. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01004.x.
. Host plant species effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2000;122:435 -444. doi:10.1007/s004420050050.
. History and use of Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. The Prairie Scout. 1985;5:63 -95.
. Historical processes and landscape context influence genetic structure in peripheral populations of the collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). Landscape Ecology. 2011;26:1125 -1136. doi:10.1007/s10980-011-9631-1.
. Historical drought affects microbial population dynamics and activity during soil drying and re-wet. Microbial Ecology. 2019. doi:10.1007/s00248-019-01432-5.
. Historical development of gallery forest in northeast Kansas. Vegetatio. 1986;65:29 -37. doi:10.1007/BF00032124.
. Hispid pocket mice in tallgrass prairie: abundance, seasonal activity, habitat association, and individual attributes. Western North American Naturalist. 2012;72:377 -392. doi:10.3398/064.072.0312.
. Hippocampal volumes and neuron numbers increase along a gradient of environmental harshness: a large-scale comparison. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2009;276:401 -405. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1184.
. High-throughput amplicon sequencing of rRNA genes requires a copy number correction to accurately reflect the effects of management practices on soil nematode community structure. Molecular Ecology. 2013;22:5456 -5471. doi:10.1111/mec.12480.
. Highly polymorphic microsatellites in the North American snakeweed grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis. Journal of Orthoptera Research. 2009;18:19 -21. doi:10.1665/034.018.0111.
. Higher-order bud production increases tillering capacity in the perennial caespitose grass Scribner's Panicum (Dichanthelium oligosanthes). Botany. 2012;90:884 -890. doi:10.1139/b2012-043.
. High richness and dense seeding enhance grassland restoration establishment, but have little effect on drought response. Ecological Applications. 2012;22:1308 -1319. doi:10.1890/11-1970.1.
. High propagule production and reproductive fitness homeostasis contribute to the invasiveness of Lespedeza cuneata (Fabaceae). Biological Invasions. 2009;11:1913 -1927. doi:10.1007/s10530-008-9369-0.
. High levels of relatedness between Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) nestmates in a heavily parasitized host community. The Auk. 2012;129:623 -631. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.11236.
. High leaf tissue density grassland species consistently more abundant across topographic and disturbance contrasts in a North American tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil. 2010;337:193 -203. doi:10.1007/s11104-010-0515-y.
. High dissimilarity within a multiyear annual record of pollen assemblages from a North American tallgrass prairie. Ecology and Evolution. 2016;6(15):5273 - 5289. doi:10.1002/ece3.2259.
. High among‐species variability in the context dependence of herbivory across disturbance, weather and topoedaphic gradients. Journal of Ecology. 2024;112(10):2237-2248. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14390.
. Hierarchical modeling of lek habitats of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology. 2011;39:21 -32. Available at: https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/documents/R2ES/LitCited/LPC_2012/Gregory_et_al_2011.pdf.
. The hierarchical continuum concept. Journal of Vegetation Science. 1993;4:149 -156. doi:10.2307/3236099.
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